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Second Sydney chance for St Lawrence

A rain delay will instead see Victorian trainer Gavin Bedggood produce his first runner on the Kensington track in Sydney.

ST LAWRENCE.
ST LAWRENCE. Picture: Steve Hart

While there was a lot number of disappointed people the Randwick meeting last Saturday was called off, there was possibly no more so than Victorian trainer Gavin Bedggood

The Bedggood-trained St Lawrence was down to run in the Premier's Cup Prelude (1800m) on Saturday but after a deluge of rain on Friday night, the majority of the meeting was abandoned. 

One race that was not was the Premier's Cup Prelude which has been shifted to the Kensington track on Wednesday with all scratchings from Saturday reinstated and run over the same distance. 

Bedggood noted St Lawrence would have been one of seven runners had the race gone ahead on Saturday on the gelding's preferred heavy ground. 

Already there are six scratchings for Wednesday's race with the field still remaining two over the safety limit of 12. 

Bedggood said transferring the race to Wednesday was not ideal, but the gelding will run. 

"He had done all his work around running on Saturday, but it is what is and he's already up there," Bedggood said. 

"We're not going to get wet ground down here, I don't think. 

"So, we'll take our chance and the move to the Kensington might discourage a few of those better horses from stepping out and they might look for another option. 

"After all the scratchings, the field fell away to a field of seven, and I thought he was a great chance, but it was a very hard race to read. 

"There was a lot of horses that are early in their campaigns, a lot of horses from the same stable, so it was a bit of a raffle. 

"I'm not all over the form up there, so, for me, it was a hard race to read." 

Bedggood will break new ground on Wednesday when St Lawrence is the trainer's first runner on the Kensington circuit. 

"I've never seen the Kensington track," Bedggood said. 

"I know it's an assistance to be up near the speed , so we'll see what it (the race) looks like once the final scratchings come through and what sort of field we are left with." 


Racing and Sports

Randwick Kensington

Wednesday, 13th August 2025

7
ET

PRECISE AIR PREMIER'S CUP PRELUDE

Age: 3yo and up WT: 115lbs Type: OPEN
1 ⅛ m TURF HEAVY
7

(local)
AUD $160,000
1 ⅛ m HEAVY

PRECISE AIR PREMIER'S CUP PRELUDE

Age: 3yo and up WT: 115lbs Type: OPEN


FP Silk Horse, Age & Sex
Sire & Dam
Jockey
Trainer
SP
WT
1st 16. SALTCOATS (NZ) 5yo G
ARDROSSAN (AUS) - SAVANITE (NZ)
ZAC LLOYD
CHRIS WALLER
$2.6
54kg
A Kheir, J A O'Neill, YES Bloodstock (Mgr: B F Sokolski), Carty Racing (Mgr: B C Carty), L Petagna, A K Racing (Mgr: Ms K L Solomon), B D Nettlefold, D Edmonds, Cookie Racing (Mgr: P A Cook), B J O'Brien & Baggers Naggers (Mgr: J Barker)
2nd 12. GLORY DAZE (IRE) 6yo G
COTAI GLORY (GB) - PIONEER ALEXANDER (IRE)
BENJAMIN OSMOND
CIARON MAHER
$2.9
53.5kg
Deg Racing, My Racehorse No 1, S E C Duke, Dory Gaze, A R E Investments, B A Secatore, Mrs R T Secatore, T C Eddy, D P Heffernan, A McSparron, W J Roennfeldt, Wild Hogs & Young Bucks, A J Willoughby, Mrs P M Brice, R S Chilov, J M Simmons & A J Luciano

Sales Information

3rd 18. SALT LAKE CITY (IRE) 5yo G
GALILEO (IRE) - HEARTACHE (GB)
KERRIN MCEVOY
NACIM DILMI
$7.5
53.5kg
Domeland Pty Ltd (Mgr: Y P Cheng)

Sales Information

4th 10. TAJANIS (IRE) 5yo G
AUSTRALIA (GB) - BAHEEJA (GB)
JASON COLLETT
CHRIS WALLER
$20
56kg

Sales Information

5th 8. ST LAWRENCE (NZ) 7yo G
REDWOOD (GB) - BACIO DEL VINTO (AUS)
JOSH PARR
GAVIN BEDGGOOD
$6.5
56kg

Sales Information

6th 7. SKY LAB (AUS) 8yo G
REAL IMPACT (JPN) - GOLD MISSION (AUS)
REECE JONES
PAUL PERRY
$21
57kg

Sales Information

7th 14. COSMIC VEGA (IRE) 7yo G
LOPE DE VEGA (IRE) - PIVOTAL ERA (GB)
ASHLEY MORGAN
CIARON MAHER
$15
55kg

Sales Information